Linguistics

A historical examination of the various languages and dialects used in American society and the development of an American identity through language use and language policy.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course allows students to receive credit for study of a second language not taught at Emory while engaged in study or research abroad. Petitions for credit must be addressed to the Director of the Emory College Language Center. Repeatable for different languages and levels.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The freshman seminar in linguistics introduces students to basic aspects in linguistics by focusing on specific themes and topics which vary according to the instructor.

Credit Hours

3

GER

FS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An introduction to the systematic study of human language, surveying the fields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, child language acquisition, and historical linguistics.

Credit Hours

4

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 203

This course focuses on the related areas of phonetics (the study of physical properties, both articulatory and acoustic, of the sounds of human language) and phonology (the study of the sound patterns of human languages and the nature of the knowledge that speakers have about the sound patterns of particular languages).

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course investigates word formation (morphology) and sentence structure (syntax) in the world's languages.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

LING 201 or LING_OX 201 or ANT 203 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

This course investigates word formation (morphology) and sentence structure (syntax) in the world's languages.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

LING 201 or LING_OX 201 or ANT 203 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.

Cross-Listed

None

The course focuses on the study of meaning in language, particularly from the perspectives of semantics (the study of how meaning is related to words and sentences) and pragmatics (the study of how meaning is realized during communication in specific contexts of use).

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

An overview of important elements of the Chinese language and its use. Students will gain an understanding of the history of the language, as well as the phonological, semantic, and syntactic structures of modern Chinese. Also examines cultural and social issues surrounding the Chinese language.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 230

This course introduces the development of Chinese language from proto Sino-Tibetan roots to modern standard Chinese, and presents the chronological changes in syntax and phonology. We will discuss key historical stages in Chinese developments, and analyze it from the view of linguistics aspects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 232
• EAS 232

This course introduces the development of Chinese language from proto Sino-Tibetan roots to modern standard Chinese, and presents the chronological changes in syntax and phonology. We will discuss key historical stages in Chinese developments, and analyze it from the view of linguistics aspects.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAWE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 232W
• EAS 232W

This course examines aspects of Japanese language from a linguistic perspective. It will introduce basic concepts in linguistics such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, using examples from Japanese language. It aims to provide opportunities to deepen the understanding of the Japanese language as well as to deepen the understanding of world languages by examining Japanese. This course should be of interest to students who are learning Japanese and are interested in the structural aspect of the language and to those who are interested in broadening their knowledge of different languages.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SS

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 234

This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 235
• EAS 235

This course examines the manners and contexts in which the Chinese writing systems interface with other languages and cultures (Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and the cultural identities that the Chinese orthographic symbols come to represent at both personal and social levels in and beyond Asia.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 235W
• EAS 235W

Study of language in context, focusing on relations between language and culture, thought, social identity, and political process.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 240

Study of language in context, focusing on relations between language and culture, thought, social identity, and political process.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 240W

Explores language diversity around the world. Students learn about language families and historical relationships, linguistic typology and language universals, sound and structural features of languages, writing systems, language endangerment and field methods.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course is an introduction to the major historical decipherments of ancient writing systems, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, Babylonian cuneiform, Linear B, and Maya hieroglyphs. It includes the examination of scripts that have yet to be deciphered.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 245

This course is an introduction to the major historical decipherments of ancient writing systems, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, Babylonian cuneiform, Linear B, and Maya hieroglyphs. It includes the examination of scripts that have yet to be deciphered.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 245W

Course focuses on the introductory level of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication. May be repeated when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Course focuses on the introductory level of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication. May be repeated when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Foundational course for the major and the minor that focuses on the description and production of the sounds of Spanish while also introducing students to the study of linguistic variation.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 303

Foundational course for the major and the minor that introduces students to the field of Hispanic linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, pragmatics, and linguistic variation in the Spanish-speaking world.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 304

This course examines the relationship between brain mechanisms and language behavior. Topics include aphasia and language disorders, aphasia in the deaf, critical periods in children, and gender differences in brain organization.

Credit Hours

3

GER

SNT

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PSYC 309

Instruction and practice in the correct pronunciation of standard French, including work in transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• FREN 311

The role of language in human cognition, communication, and social interaction as well as in animal, nonverbal and computer communication.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PSYC 314

Language acquisition in young children. Identifying speech sounds, determining meaning, and comprehending the rules of syntax.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PSYC 316

Language acquisition in young children. Identifying speech sounds, determining meaning, and comprehending the rules of syntax.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PSYC 316W

Psycholinguistics addresses how language might be realized as a component within the general cognitive system, drawing on linguistics, psychology, neuroscience and computer science. We will study how language is comprehended, produced, acquired, and represented, in a rigorous, hypothesis-driven way.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• PSYC 317

This course is an introduction to the field of second language acquisition (SLA), which seeks to understand the linguistic, psychological and social processes that underlie the learning and use of second language(s).

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

A course dealing with the history and structure of Judaic languages such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, and Ladino.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 326
• JS 326

A course dealing with the history and structure of Judaic languages such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, and Ladino.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 326W
• JS 326W

Introduction to the mass media in modern societies, including the political economy of the media and media representations of gender, race, class, and nation state.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SOC 327

Linguists agree that languages change; they do not agree about how such change occurs. This course views that linguistic systems cannot be completely understood from a purely synchronic perspective. The course surveys types of change, which can affect the linguistic systems, using data from various languages.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course will focus on the analysis of syntactic and semantic structures, ontologies and taxonomies, distributional semantics and discourse, as well as their applications in computational linguistics. Assignments will include advanced programming implementations.

Credit Hours

3

GER

MQR

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CS 329

Cross-cultural examination of how language reflects, maintains, and constructs gender identities. Topics include differences in male/female speech, the grammatical encoding of gender and childhood language socialization.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• WGS 333
• ANT 325

This course examines the emergence of modern languages in South Asia, the development of multilingualism, and the use of different languages in different social and cultural settings in this multilayered, multilingual, mobile environment.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 335

This course examines the emergence of modern languages in South Asia, the development of multilingualism, and the use of different languages in different social and cultural settings in this multilayered, multilingual, mobile environment.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• MESAS 335W

Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 335
• EAS 335

Examines the intersection of language, culture, and society in modern China. Investigates the linguistic construction of social identities based on gender, ethnicity, age, power relation, and other factors, and ideologies that shape language use in China and in the global Chinese diaspora.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• CHN 335W
• EAS 335W

This course presents different methodologies for the study of topics related to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, with a particular focus on discourse analysis techniques. Students will design and complete their own research project on a topic of their preference.

Credit Hours

3

GER

IC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 337

This course presents different methodologies for the study of topics related to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, with a particular focus on discourse analysis techniques. Students will design and complete their own research project on a topic of their preference.

Credit Hours

4

GER

ICW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 337W

This course explores the sociolinguistic, cognitive, and cultural dimensions of bilingualism and multilingualism as they relate to Japan. Students will gain familiarity with the linguistic landscape of Japan and learn theoretical tools from the field of bilingualism to analyze linguistic diversity.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• JPN 338

This course introduces the critical role of the Korean language in culture and society, focusing on how language reflects, reinforces, and shapes the cultural values, standards, and structure of society.Topics include language policies/contacts, dialects, gender differences, and honorifics. Korean literacy or knowledge of Korean alphabet is necessary.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• KRN 339

This course studies relations between language and society, relations between language and sociocultural context. Topics may include: language variation; multilingualism; verbal interaction; discourse analysis; ethnography of communication; sociolinguistics of Spanish.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 340

This course studies relations between language and society, relations between language and sociocultural context. Topics may include: language variation; multilingualism; verbal interaction; discourse analysis; ethnography of communication; sociolinguistics of Spanish.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 340W

In-depth study of the relationship between language and culture by examining anthropological approaches to the study of language. You will learn how language both reflects and creates thought, culture and power relationships. You will also learn basic ethnographic methodology through a research project.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ANT 341

This course introduces and examines language attitudes, (the perceptions, beliefs, & stereotypes), that are commonly attached to language and language use. We investigate where such attitudes come from, how they are disseminated throughout a society, and how they affect linguistic choices.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course introduces students to studies in intercultural communication and professional discourses. Students examine their host cities and internship offices as field sites. They will observe, analyze, and question language use and cultural norms, as well as professional expectations.

Credit Hours

4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

The course reviews sociolinguistic concepts including the study of linguistic, social, cultural, political, & historical aspects of bilingualism/multilingualism. Specific attention is given to linguistic variation, verbal interaction, code-switching/mixing, language attitudes & politics of language.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

We examine the language around health and health care as a type of intercultural discourse, including communication between doctors and patients, between health care providers, and discussions of health in the media. We also examine language as a diagnostic tool.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• HLTH 379

Structure and history of the English language.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENG 360

Structure and history of the English language.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENG 360W

American English from the colonial period to the present; the sources of its vocabulary, the characteristics of its dialects, and the linguistic distinctiveness of its literature.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Introduction to the Old English language and readings of representative prose and poetry.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENG 300

Introduction to the Old English language and readings of representative prose and poetry.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ENG 300W

An exploration of advertising, including its historical development, its role in consumer society, and its rhetorical and linguistic aspects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SOC 383

Investigation of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication. May be repeated when topic varies. Topics may include: the Romance languages; intercultural communication; words and the world; language and human nature.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Investigation of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication. May be repeated when topic varies. Topics may include: the Romance languages; intercultural communication; words and the world; language and human nature.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

In this course, students think critically about fundamental questions in linguistics, including: Is language a product of how the mind works or a product of social interaction? What are the sources of linguistic structure? Is language innate in humans? Various perspectives are compared & contrasted.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HAP

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

In this course, students think critically about fundamental questions in linguistics, including: Is language a product of how the mind works or a product of social interaction? What are the sources of linguistic structure? Is language innate in humans? Various perspectives are compared & contrasted.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HAPW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

This course incorporates a general theoretical frame in linguistics, with a specific focus in discourse analysis and pragmatics, and applies it to electronic communications. Students will develop an intercultural research project by analyzing digital texts in a systematic way

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 405

This course incorporates a general theoretical frame in linguistics, with a specific focus in discourse analysis and pragmatics, and applies it to electronic communications. Students will develop an intercultural research project by analyzing digital texts in a systematic way

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 405W

This course examines the history of the Spanish language in terms of both its structural and sociocultural/political development. Students develop research projects based on questions arising in the course.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 406

This course focuses on the dynamic interaction between language, society, and identity in the contemporary Spanish-speaking word. Students develop research projects based on questions arising in the course.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 407

Part of the Iberian Studies Summer Program, this course explores how and why language varies in Spain and how variation and multilingualism relate to competing identities and ideologies. Students conduct surveys, interviews, conversation analyses, and work collaboratively on research projects.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 408

This course examines how narratives about the body, health, medicine, and well-being are constructed, naturalized, and circulated in Latin America.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 409
• HLTH 469
• LACS 409

Upper-level research seminar on topics of Hispanic linguistics and communication, such as history of the language, bilingualism, or translation. Students may take multiple SPAN 410 courses provided that they focus on different topics.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 410

Upper-level research seminar with a strong writing component on topics of Hispanic linguistics and communication, such as history of the language, bilingualism, or translation. Students may take multiple SPAN 410W courses provided that they focus on different topics.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 410W

This course presents the history and multiple theories of translation, as well as basic methods/techniques and problems of translating between English and Spanish. A portion of class time will be devoted to translation practice and the comparison of multiple translations of a single text.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 411

This course presents the history and multiple theories of translation, as well as basic methods/techniques and problems of translating between English and Spanish. A portion of class time will be devoted to translation practice and the comparison of multiple translations of a single text.

Credit Hours

4

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 411W

This course provides a descriptive and critical overview of the linguistic practices of differentSpanish-speaking communities in the United States, as well as a methodology for the study of these practices. Special attention is given to the relationship between language and society.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SPAN 413

Arabic dialects have been spoken continuously from Mauritania in the west to Iraq in the east. This course combines a broad introduction to the field with concrete experience working with Arabic dialects, exploring the historical development of the dialects and their relationship to Literary Arabic.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• ARAB 425R

Students investigate an understudied language by conducting a series of interviews with a native speaker. You'll practice hands-on field methods: elicitation, recording, transcription, analysis, IRB protocol, etc. At the end of the semester we'll present our findings to a larger audience.

Credit Hours

3

GER

None

Requisites

LING 201 or ANT 203 or LING_OX 201 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisites.

Cross-Listed

None

An interdisciplinary exploration of digital tools for analyzing and visualizing data in the humanities and social sciences.

Credit Hours

3

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SOC 446
• QTM 446

An interdisciplinary exploration of digital tools for analyzing and visualizing data in the humanities and social sciences.

Credit Hours

4

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

• SOC 446W
• QTM 446W

Investigation of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication on an advanced level. May be repeated when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Investigation of a particular issue or topic in the study of language, linguistics, and communication on an advanced level. May be repeated when topic varies.

Credit Hours

1 - 5

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Enrollment limited to linguistics majors invited to participate in the Linguistics Honors Program.

Credit Hours

4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Enrollment limited to linguistics majors invited to participate in the Linguistics Honors Program.

Credit Hours

1 - 8

GER

CW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students conduct directed or supervised research in support of a faculty member's research project or agenda. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students study, read, and write on a topic under the direction or supervision of a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None

Students conduct independent research in support of their own research agenda or question with guidance from a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.

Credit Hours

1 - 4

GER

XA

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

None